Homelab
Zero Net Emissions Mini Datacenter Lab
This is my zero net emissions homelab
22U Rack Enclosure Design:
[ 1U TOR switch w/ PoE ] 300W @ 110V
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ] 14 X 8GB : 112GB Ram
[______________________] 14 X 4Core : 56 Cores
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ]
[______________________] 210W @ 110V
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ]
[______________________] 500GB X 14 = 7TB
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ] 1TB X 14 = 14TB
[______________________] 2TB X 14 = 28TB
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ] 4TB X 14 = 56TB
[______________________] 8TB X 14 = 112TB
[ 2U 14X Raspi Cluster ]
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[ 2U 14X Rock64Pro ] 14 X 4GB : 56GB
[______________________] 14 X 6Core : 84 Cores
[ 2U 14X Rock64Pro ]
[______________________] Only PoE Splitters available - A cabling nightmare at scale
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Current Homelab
[ 1U TOR switch w/ PoE ] 300W @ 110V
[ 2U 6X Raspi 4B ] 3 X 8GB : 24GB Ram | 3 X 4Core : 12 Cores
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[ ] Pi consumption:
[______________________] 9.4W X 3: 30W
[ ] Rockpro64 consumption:
[______________________] 15W X 3: 45W
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[______________________] Total:
[ ] 375W /hr worst case
[______________________] 9kWh/day worst case
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[______________________] 100W /hr swag
[ ] 2.4kWh/day swag
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The homelab also has a battery rack
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[ 3U EG4 48V 100Ah Bat ] - https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah/
[ ] 48V x 100Ah = 4800Wh or 4.8kWh (5120Wh / 5.12 kWh)
[______________________] Has BMS
[ 3U EG4 48V 100Ah Bat ] - https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah/
[ ] 48V x 100Ah = 4800Wh or 4.8kWh (5120Wh / 5.12 kWh)
[______________________] Has BMS
[ 3U EG4 48V 100Ah Bat ] - https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah/
[ ] 48V x 100Ah = 4800Wh or 4.8kWh (5120Wh / 5.12 kWh)
[______________________] Has BMS
[ 3U EG4 48V 100Ah Bat ] - https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah/
[ ] 48V x 100Ah = 4800Wh or 4.8kWh (5120Wh / 5.12 kWh)
[______________________] Has BMS
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Solar Integration
If the 300W switch were to run for a few rainy days, we’d need potentially 300W X 72hours for up to 21.6kWh
ARM64 or RISCV? https://riscv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Shanghai-1325_GreenWaves_Shanghai-2018-MC-V2.pdf
PoE Hat consumption: 5V @ 2.5A (15W) Cluster wide: 70V @ 2.5A (210W)
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4 X 450W Renology in Series to hit > 60V (12V X 4)
Reference
Metrics https://github.com/SunVibeCity/metrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adFGmOlDM-Y
https://github.com/mkaczanowski/packer-builder-arm